Oil seal with rotatable inner shell



April 29, 1941. -w. F. BERNSTEIN 2,240,252

011. SEAL WITH R-OTATABLE INNER SHELL Filed Thu. 28, 1939 A TTORNE Y 'greases, and other fluids which is adapted to rerotation therewith.

same as appliedto a rotatable shaft.

Patented Apr. 29, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE g f o I 2,240,252

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Wilbur-n F. Bernstein, Broolrfleld, lib assign" to Victor Manufacturing & Gaskct Comp ny, Ohicago,lll.,a corporation of Illinois Application January 28, 1939, Serial No. 253,326

comin (01. 288-3) I This invention relates to 'an improved oil seal A witha rotatable inner shell section of a confining or retaining shell, and has, for one of its principal objects, the provision of a sealing device for oils,

tain the samein desired position with regard to a rotatable shaft which operates in some sort ofahousingrm.

Oneof the important objects of, this invention is to provide, in asinglesealing element,,a rela- 1 of vulcanized synthetic rubber or the like, the same being built or bonded onto a' supporting metal washer 38, the metalwasher having openings 40 therein whereby portions of the synthetic rubberare extruded therethrough during the vulcanizing process to produce a'more positive contact and seal between the parts.

Each of the channel sections 3|] and 32 forming the retaining shell has a portion bent intively-fixed part and a rotatable portion, the

fixed part being adapted to be mounted in the housing which surroimds the rotatable shaft, and the relatively moving part being adapted for a pressed fit or the" like upon" the shaft itself for 1 A further important object of intention-is to provide, in a fluid seal of the class described,

the combination offa plurality of metallic sections adapted to 'fitthe housing and shaft respectively, and a flexible diaphragm or sealing I element which is fixedly connected to one section and moves or rotates .with'regard to the other. section.-

Another important, object is to provide, in a sealing device, a relatively simple structure which can be economically manufactured from a com.- mercial standpoint and which, moreover, will be eilicient and long-lived in operation.

Other and further importantob'lects of the invention will be apparent from the ,disclosures in the accompanying drawing and following specification. I p The invention, in a preferred form, is illustrated in the drawingfland hereinafter more fully described/ Inthedrawing:- Figure 1 is asectional view of one of the improved fluid seals of this invention, showing the Figure 2 is asimilar sectional view, illustrating a a modified form of the invention.

As shown in the drawingz' w The reference numeral N indicates generally a rotatable shaft to which the improved seals of this invention are adapted to be applied.

The structure shown in Figures 1 and 2 em- I bodies an outer relatively fixed channel section as shown at 3t adaptedto be mounted in a surrounding housing, and an inner'relatively rotatable channel s'ectionas illustrated at n adapted to be-mounted on the rotatableshaft III, and each-includes a paint! diaphragms or sealing elements 34- and 36 respectively. Each of these diaphragms or sealing elements isalso composed 5 wardly to actually contact the adjacent part of its respective diaphragm, thereby providing for a better sealing contact with the opposedportion oi! the seal itself and also producing a more unitary construction throughout.

. the-space between the outer shell sections 0 liminarily filled with some heavy grease or the g and 32 and their respective ,washers 38 is 'prelike as illustrated at u, thisbeing-to meet certain sealing requirementssometimes encountered, in

connection with thesealing of various chemical fluids which, in themselves, do not act as lubrican'ts. 1 It will be noted that in the structures shown inFiguresl and2,thereisadouble'sealingsurface. one acting against the rotatablechannel section which; is fitted onto the shaft I0, and the other acting ainst the inner face of the'outer channel section which is applied to the surrounding and relatively stationary housing; Obviously,.

" and numerous details of construction varied throughout a wide range without-departing from the principles of this invention, and I, there,- fore, do not purpose limiting the patent granted hereon otherwise than as necessitated by the prior'art.

or escape of lubricantseand otherfluids, com

prising a pair of annular, opposed channelshaped sections one ofv which is mounted upon the shaft and the other secured within: the hous-' ing whereby saidsections rotate relative to each other, and a sealing element mounted ineach 7 section in juxtapositionand provided with a sealing lip in wipingcontact with the interior of the opposed channel.

2. A self-contained fluid seal for sealing a rotatable shait and its. surrounding housing against the e or escape of lubricants and other fluids, comprising a confining shell com-'- posed of opposed channel-shaped sections one or which is mounted on the shaft and the other se-.

escnpem'passagectlubricantsandotherfluids. comprising a pair of opposed chnnnel-shaped sections one of which is mounted onthe shaft and the other secured within the surroundin housin'g,'a washer mmmted in each section and aresiiientaeaiingelementbondedtoeachwasher whereby said iectiom, theirrespective washers andsealingelements rotate relative toeach other Y withthesealingeiementsinwipingcontactwith each other and section, v I

with the interior-of the opposed 

